Calaveras Countywide Water, Rangeland, & Forestry Management Plan

The Calaveras Planning Coalition had Calaveras County Supervisor Cliff Edson to make a presentation on his countywide range and forestry management proposal at its Brown Bag session on November 3 in San Andreas. Edson’s proposal is now a countywide plan that includes managing  the upcountry forest lands for water supply.  He explained this at a meeting with representatives from MyValleySprongs.com. He is now seeking a planning grant through... Read More

Will management plan mean money?

Columnist looks at Supervisor Cliff Edson’s proposal for an ecosystem services approach in Calaveras. Calaveras Enterprise, November 13  Read More

General plan to be done in spring 2016

Latest estimate by county’s planning director pushes General Plan adoption date to spring 2016. Calaveras Enterprise, October 31  Read More

Voters approve $7.5 billion water bond.

California water bond wins passage*  Read More

Take a Lode Off: General Plan draft to be released in October

Drumroll please. Release of a public review draft of the updated Calaveras County General Plan is imminent. After eight years and consultant fees exceeding $1 million, Planning Director Peter Maurer announced at the Aug. 14 Planning Commission meeting and in a memo to the Board of Supervisors that the draft General Plan will be released in October. The General Plan is the county’s guide to future growth and development. Maurer confirmed that the... Read More

Edson wants county to cash in on snowpack

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 / Calaveras Enterprise Managing forests for water yield could also reduce fire risk Caring for the annual snowpack would become a core industry in Calaveras County under an economic development vision being championed by county Supervisor Cliff Edson of San Andreas. The logic goes like this: Snow melts into water. Water is a precious resource in thirsty California. If water users pay to increase the yield from the snowpack,... Read More

Calaveras leaders eye Saddle Creek

The Calaveras County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will vote on whether to extend Saddle Creek’s development agreement for another five years. The original 15-year agreement was approved in 1994 to last until 2009. In November 2008, the Board of Supervisors extended the agreement until June 2014, with the ability for an additional five-year extension. The project — originally called the Calaveras Country Club, and later renamed Saddle Creek... Read More

Hat Man: Democracy makes hiring a challenge

Dana Nichols Calaveras Enterprise Tuesday, October 14, 2014 CCWD board scheduled to hire soon, before a new board is seated When a job becomes unpleasant enough, it’s hard to get anyone to do it. That happened in the late Roman Empire, when members of the patrician class found it was no longer lucrative to be a city administrator. In fact, if such administrators failed to meet their tax collection goals, they had to make up the difference from... Read More

CAP/CPC presents: Let’s Talk About…WATER & THE DROUGHT

Monday, September 15, 2014 – 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. San Andreas Library Chesebrough Room Public welcome -Free admission Last year’s snowpack was only 17 percent of normal and 2013 turned out to be one of the state’s driest years on record.  California is now experiencing its third consecutive dry year. In Calaveras, residents are concerned about the capacity of their wells, public utilities are being challenged to meet their... Read More

Calaveras Supervisors reaffirm support for Wild & Scenic Moke

Transcript of Comments; Call for River Artists; Water Politics in Calaveras; new Groundwater websites & proposed regulations; September Public Meeting on Water and Drought Calaveras BOS stands strong for a Wild and Scenic Moke!  On July 29, 2014, a 4-1 vote reaffirmed Calaveras supervisors’ support of state Wild and Scenic designation for 37 miles of the Mokelumne River.  Supervisor... Read More